HOW MUCH IS SAUDI ARABIA ARMY

HOW STRONG IS SAUDI ARABIA ARMY

Saudi Arabia army is divided into several parts. The army is composed of three armored brigades, five mechanized brigades, one airborne brigade, one Royal Guard brigade, and eight artillery battalions. The army also has one aviation command with two aviation brigades.

In 1996 Saudi Arabia had military cities in the northeast, the King Khalid Military City, at Tabuk, at Dharhran, and at Abha in the southwest. There was a 1996 report that construction of a military city at Jizan, orientated toward Yemen, had begun with Defence Minister Prince Sultan pouring the first concrete on 8 May 1996.

Saudi Arabia Armed Forces are not only Saudi Arabia Army, it has Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Defense and Royal Strategic Forces. Every part of these Saudi Arabia Armed Forces has their roles in the country. As Royal Saudi Arabia Army, it serves only the land defense.

source: “Country Profile: Saudi Arabia”, September 2006, United States Library of Congress James Bruce, “Saudis building military city on Yemen border”, Jane’s Defence Weekly, 15 May 1996, p.3